Method of mounting stones, &amp;c., in celluloid.



No. 7|4,447.' Patented. Nov. 25, 1902.

- M. H. BROWN.

METHOD UFMUUNTING STONES, &C., IN CELLULUID.

(Application filed Sept. 15. 1902.)

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Q with my invention; Fig. 2, a sectional view a or other purposes.

method for mounting stones, metal, or other UNITED STATES Fries.

MARTIN H. BROWN, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE E. A. BLISS00., OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

METHOD OF MOUNTING STONES, 856., IN CELLULOID.

.sPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,447, datedNovember 25, 1902.

Application filed. September 15, 1902.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, MARTIN H. BROWN, of Meriden, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and 5 usefulImprovement in Methods of Mounting Stones, &c., in Celluloid; and I dohereby declare the following, when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to bea full, 10 clear, and exact description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a face View of a celluloid comb having stones mounted thereinin accordance thereof.

This invention relates to an improvement in the method of mountingstones, metal, or other substances in celluloid for ornamentalHeretofore in mounting stones, such as rhinestones, in celluloidrecesses have been formed in the celluloid and stones secured therein bycement. Metal pockets or strips of 2 5 pockets have been secured toarticles of colluloid and stones mounted in those pockets, andornamentalstrips of metal have also been embedded in celluloid andriveted in place. The object of this invention is a simple substances incelluloid without the use of cement or rivets; and it consists in themethod as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claims.

For convenience of illustration I have shown a comb A, of celluloid,with a row of rhinestones B mounted therein. In mounting these stones aslight recess 0 Will be formed holds the stones.

for each stone, the recesses being slightly Serial No. 123,447. (Nospecimens.)

smaller in dimensions than the dimensions of the stone to be mounted.After thus forming the recess the celluloid in and around the recessesis softened by heat and the stones embedded in the soft celluloid, whichis then allowed to cool and as it cools contracts and If the stones aresmall, it may not be necessary to primarily form a recess for them, butsimply soften the celluloid and embed the stones therein. Thisillustrationof the mounting of stones in celluloid will be sufficient toenable others to mount metal or other materials in celluloid, as theprocess would be the same.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. The herein-described method of mounting stones, &c., in articles ofcelluloid, consisting in softening the celluloid by heat, embedding thestones or other articles therein, then allowing the celluloid to cool,whereby the celluloid around the stones contracts, substantially asdescribed.

2. The herein-described method of mounting stones, &c., in articles ofcelluloid, consisting in forming recesses in the celluloid, thensoftening the celluloid by heat, and while soft embedding stones, &c.,therein, and allowing the celluloid to cool, whereby it contracts aboutthe stones or material embedded therein, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscrib ing witnesses.

MARTIN H. BROWN.

Witnesses:

HARRY M. SMITH, A. W. FRANKOWSKI.

